USA: Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08924
Notes:
Page 7 in Lucinda Crile, Review of Extension Studies - July to December 1948, Extension Service Circular 456, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. December 1948. Summary of publication from Agriculture College Extension, University of Maine, Orono. 1948. 6 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes7; Folder: MSU student papers file Document Number: D09086
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Chapter review of Lorwin, Val R., The French labor movement, Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1954. Michigan State University, East Lansing. 4 pages.
Buse, Rueben C. (author), Driscoll, James L., eds. (author), and Buse: Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Driscoll: Research and Development, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA, Kansas City, MO
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 90 Document Number: C06498
Notes:
Contains Table of Contents only; See C06499-C06505 for individual chapters; James F. Evans Collection, Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press. 1992. 458 p.
Gifford, Claude W. (author / Director, Office of Communication, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Format:
policy statement
Publication Date:
1974-01-01
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 67 Document Number: D10745
Notes:
Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Claude W. Gifford Collection. 4 pages., Considerations involved in separating the program information function of USDA from the policy information function. They focused, for example, on efforts proposed by the American Agricultural Editors' Association to "be objective in playing an educational role rather than a promotional role in explaining farm programs, referendums and related policy matters."
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) as a credible alternative to tackle food insecurity under the changing climate is gaining wide acceptance. However, many developing countries have realized that concepts that have been recommended as solutions to existing problems are not suitable in their contexts. This paper synthesizes a subset of literature on CSA in the context of small-scale agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa as it relates to the need for CSA, factors influencing CSA adoption, and the challenges involved in understanding and scaling up CSA. Findings from the literature reveal that age, farm size, the nature of farming, and access to extension services influence CSA adoption. Many investments in climate adaptation projects have found little success because of the sole focus on the technology-oriented approach whereby innovations are transferred to farmers whose understanding of the local farming circumstances are limited. Climate-smart agriculture faces the additional challenge of a questionable conceptual understanding among policymakers as well as financing bottlenecks. This paper argues that the prospects of CSA in small-scale agriculture rest on a thorough socio-economic analysis that recognizes the heterogeneity of the small farmer environment and the identification and harnessing of the capacities of farming households for its adoption and implementation
